Rory McIlroy's historic Masters win was not only a career-defining moment- it was also a sizeable payday.
McIlroy rolled in a three-foot putt to beat Justin Rose in a sudden-death play-off to finally win his first Masters title in a heart stopping final round on the hallowed greens of the Augusta National course.
It's doubtful as to whether he would have been thinking about the winner's cheque as he lined up his final shot, but even for someone of Rory's impressive wealth, it is not to be sniffed at.
Prior to his win, he already had an estimated net worth of £200m ($250m), according to the 2023 Sunday Times Rich List, while Forbes has estimated his annual earnings at around $80.8m, and described him as one of the PGA's most marketable players.
And now after slipping on the iconic Green jacket he will be $4.2m better off which works out at just over €3.6m.
Rose's runner-up finish earned him a $2,268,000 share of the record $21m purse.
McIlroy has previously spoken about being motivated by sporting success over monetary gains, saying ahead of the 2019 Tour Championship: "It should be about the prestige of winning an event that you'll be remembered for.
"Players might care about it and we want to be rewarded and paid for what we do, but competitively it's not about that. It's about trying to win golf tournaments."
That might be true but the 35-year-old still has an impressive bank balance thanks to not just his skills on the putting green but also a long list of lucrative sponsorship deals.
He has sponsorships with TaylorMade, Nike, NBC Sports/Golf Pass, Omega, Optum and Workday.
Earlier this year, he launched his TMRW Sports venture with fellow golfing titan Tiger Woods.
It's a weeknight golf league in conjunction with the PGA played on a virtual course.
Over the course of his 15 years on the PGA Tour, McIlroy has made winnings of $86.8m, putting him third on the tour's career money list behind Woods ($121m) and Phil Mickelson ($96.7m).
He has earned some €52.4m on the DP World Tour, making him the highest earner of all-time on what was formerly known as the European Tour, although there is some overlap with the PGA Tour.
Additionally, McIlroy has won the FedEx Cup three times, earning $43m in the process, and five Race to Dubais (around $12m).
He has previously won four majors: the 2011 US Open ($1.44m), the 2012 US PGA Championship ($1.45m), the 2014 Open (£975,000 or $1.67m), and the 2014 US PGA ($1.8m), for which he earned a total of $6.4m.
McIlroy's wholly-owned Dublin-based Rory McIlroy Management Services Ltd reported net liabilities of $6.2m at the end of 2022 despite holding $21.2m in cash as it has $212.9m in outstanding loans.
The firm whose principal activity is the management of McIlroy's royalties and management fees reported a profit of $11.4m two years ago, the last year for which accounts are available, after turnover jumped year-on-year from $19.7m to $37.7m.
The company holds intangible assets valued at $178.5m related to McIlroy's patents ($148.9m) and trademarks ($29.6m).
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